India, March 7 -- The state health department has suspended two senior doctors from the state-run Ulhasnagar Central Hospital following the death of a 30-year-old Ulhasnagar resident, Rahul Indate. The patient died allegedly because the hospital failed to facilitate his transfer to a private hospital when its doctors realised they were not equipped to provide the required treatment.

Although Indate died in January, the doctors - the head of the hospital and the surgeon on duty - were suspended only on Thursday, after the issue was discussed in a pre-budget session of the state legislature.

On Thursday, Dr Manohar Bansode, district surgeon of the Ulhasnagar Central Hospital, and Dr Aishwarya More, the surgeon on duty, were served their s...